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October 5, 2008 - October 11, 2008 Archives


Good news: The economy stinks

1:43 PM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Finally, some good news on the economy: Gas prices are falling. I never knew how happy I'd be to spend $3.199 per gallon to fill my gas tank. I actually gloated about this to some co-workers. As the stock market......

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This can only lead to more pain in the dentist's chair

10:54 AM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

A story from the Associated Press reports that "advertising is coming to the dentist's chair in the form of personal video goggles that patients wear while getting their cleaning or root canal." Here's my first thought and maybe my only......

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If there's no liquor, then there's no skinny dipping

2:53 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

A great northern New England tradition has ended now that patrons of the Black Frog Restaurant in Greenville, Maine, can no longer skinny dip for a free lunch. We first explored this quirky practice a year ago in a blog......

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